Operation of an illuminant by means of a resonant converter

Abstract

The invention relates to an operating device for loads in the form of lighting means, particularly for LEDs, comprising: a clocked converter (B) having a switching element ( 20 ); a control unit (C) for switching the switching element ( 20 ) with an operating frequency, the operating frequency of the converter (B) being modulated as a forward or feedforward control.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An operating device for loads in the form of an illuminant, comprising:
 a clocked converter (B), in the form of an LLC circuit, comprising a switching element ( 20 ), 
 a control unit (C) for switching the switching element ( 20 ) at an operating frequency, wherein 
 the operating frequency of the converter (B) is modulated by forward or feedforward control, and wherein a nominal value for the operating frequency is first calculated before the operating frequency of the converter (B) is modulated by forward or feedforward control and wherein the converter (B) is connected to an output of a PFC circuit (A) and is supplied with a bus voltage (Vbus) generated by the PFC circuit (A), wherein an operating frequency of the PFC circuit (A) is frequency-modulated, in a sweep mode, when the bus voltage (Vbus) is a DC voltage and wherein a sweep mode of the LLC circuit is activated if a desired electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) improvement, caused by a ripple of the sweep mode of the PFC circuit, is insufficient, and the sweep mode is selectively provided such that it is connected or amplified only when a low light power is requested and if the ripple in the voltage of the PFC circuit does not itself result in a frequency sweep of the LLC circuit. 
 
     
     
       2. The operating device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein frequency modulation is imprinted on the operating frequency of the converter (B) by forward or feedforward control. 
     
     
       3. The operating device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a constant operating frequency, which corresponds to a desired power consumption by the converter (B), is modulated by forward or feedforward control. 
     
     
       4. The operating device as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein an operating frequency resulting from control of the converter (B) is further modulated by forward or feedforward control. 
     
     
       5. The operating device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the switching element ( 20 ) is in the form of an inverter. 
     
     
       6. The operating device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the converter (B) comprises a resonant circuit ( 22 ). 
     
     
       7. The operating device as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the resonant circuit ( 22 ) is in the form of a series resonant circuit or a parallel resonant circuit. 
     
     
       8. The operating device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein DC decoupling (F) in the form of a transformer (T) is connected downstream an inverter ( 20 ) of the converter (B). 
     
     
       9. The operating device as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein a further converter (H) for generating a constant current for the illuminant is connected downstream of the transformer (T).